It's about time for a new thread to breathe life into this tired forum.....
Here we go!
You know you're a male RN when:
- You constantly complain to coworkers that your scrubs are too short, (since when is 33 long a "tall"?) and you have no boobs to fill your unisex scrub top.
- You get offended glances as you eat your cheeseburger and fries at lunch from your coworkers who are on the "lean cuisine" diet...
-People assume you, having a pair, possess the superhuman strength to lift the 350lb lady in someone else's room, regardless of the fact that several of your female coworkers look tough enough to whup yer @$$...
-Your credentials should read: RN-NWP (registered nurse, nurse with prostate)
-Your PMS detection skills are at an all-time high along with your avoidance maneuver techniques...
-You feel like you're either married to, or being a daddy to everyone else in your unit....
Specializes in Step-down/tele, home care, corrections.
...you use the employee bathroom and notice someone got some water spray on the toilet seat from washing/drying their hands - so you make sure you clean off the toilet seat because you KNOW that the next person who uses the bathroom with blame the only male nurse on the floor for peeing on the seat!
My approach has been to announce in the break room that I have really bad aim, and that I'm putting the toilet seat up before and leaving it up after so that it will remain clean. (My aim isn't any worse than anyone else, and I make sure that I wipe up after)
You know your a male RN. When the male physician ask about the patient and you don't receive a hug/cuddle/pat/smile/giggle/and making rounds on the patient takes approx. 3 minutes........Just the facts.
...you use the employee bathroom and notice someone got some water spray on the toilet seat from washing/drying their hands - so you make sure you clean off the toilet seat because you KNOW that the next person who uses the bathroom with blame the only male nurse on the floor for peeing on the seat!
- Anytime you are on a floor that is made up of all female nurses (like L&D), all the male physicians immediately start talking to you and asking if you want to see a procedure and have it explained to you (especially anesthesiologists performing epidurals in L&D).
- Also, same scenario, anytime a patient is unruly or something heavy needs to be moved from point A to point B.
- Finally, also from L&D, anytime you need to go to the bathroom you have to leave to unit because the only male restroom is in the physician's lounge...and even if the docs give you the code to the door, you still feel kinda funny using it.
Ok, I'm a nursing student and went to use one of the bathrooms in the old womans dorm, marked MEN of course. But after carefully preparing the toilet and sitting down for a BM, I realized the water level in the toilet was a little too high..
The horror!
I will be laughing at this one for the rest of the week (every time I see my bf enter the bathroom!) ROFL:lol2:
Ok, I'm a nursing student and went to use one of the bathrooms in the old womans dorm, marked MEN of course. But after carefully preparing the toilet and sitting down for a BM, I realized the water level in the toilet was a little too high..
The horror!
I will be laughing at this one for the rest of the week (every time I see my bf enter the bathroom!) ROFL:lol2:
These are all abolutely hilarious. I can relate directly to most of them. My ED shift peers are about 50/50 "male" nurses.
My usual answer to "Why did you decide to become a "male" nurse?" is that the decision was easy when I learned about the details of the surgery required to become a "female" nurse.
I must however admit sadly that I have never had a problem with the height of the toilet water....
stevesf
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My approach has been to announce in the break room that I have really bad aim, and that I'm putting the toilet seat up before and leaving it up after so that it will remain clean. (My aim isn't any worse than anyone else, and I make sure that I wipe up after)
:-)
Steve